Elsie Koga

Elsie Koga, a long time native of Stockton, passed away February 11, 2013 at the age of 84. She was born on February 21, 1928 in Sumner, Washington to Jisuke and Yasu Ogawa.

During the war, the family was interned at Minidoka Relocation Center in Idaho and later relocated to Chicago, Ill. where she met and married "Tom" Tomokazu Koga. After the war, they moved to Stockton where they started, and still do, operate "Tom's Market," a neighborhood grocery store.

In addition to her husband Tom, she is survived by her three children Tom Jr., Kimberly (Noel) Rodman, and William (Shawna), brother Al Ogawa of Texas, and sister Julia (Yoshiro) Tokiwa of Richmond, CA and five grandchildren - Lindsay, Leslie, and Conley Rodman, and Luke and Sydney Koga as well as many, many nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by one daughter, Stephanie, and five siblings - George (Mary*), Terry (Masae*), Betty (Merle*) Hansen, Samuel (Imelda), and Clarence (Marge). *Deceased.